Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-13
SOUTH OF THE AVENUE.
- RrepsseA sire for Public DuisA.
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TIE DISTRICT ooAslssroxERs SAT rsrr HAVE xrvRR
coAstDssko ruB PsoJrcr or BrYNa Sux PROP
1sf-LAET THINK TEE VALUATION OF Asskssoa
fisu RlDicuLouMY Low.
District Commissioners webb and wneatley,
wnen asked By srAR reporter to-day concerning
tne PROJECT 70 have tho Government purchase the
psoperV on the south side OF Pennsylvania ave-
nuo' ueeween 9th and 18th streets extending to
tne man on the south. said the Commissioners had
no'' - MAD been represented, considered such q
scnan& "The matter has never been before US In
Any fofm," said Mr.. Webb. Personally, would
DC IN iavor OF having the Government buy all the
properly on tina: side Of the avenue from the
CAPIoi 10 10th street, but the Commissioners have
MevSI CONSIDERED the matter. did suggest at one
Lime when we were talking OF site for q District
ouno!ng mat = central location and q cheap site
ans y OBTAINED on the south side Of the avenue
sUout Wnete the Dime Museum stands, but we
ton there"
RHDRRNINa ''rHR DIVISION,
MT wneatley remarked that the Commissioners
were already accomplishing considerable toward
reoeening the portions OF this District regarded
as 0lsfeputable. They had cleared 18th street Of
oisreputa0le houses, and intended to redeem the
cuaraeter OF the other streets anording cOmmuni-
G s between Pennsylvania avenue and the pub
ny s.vunQS you can say for two OF the Com
missioners said Mr.. Wheatley, shat any state
nent that the Commissioners are considering or
Wousx ousocate tniS PROJECT Is unautnOr1ZeQ."
nj. Wneatiey calculated that the property In.
soTeu ~ tnlS proposition could not DO purchased
OI lesS IMAM SIS 0OO, and said the total value
.aS p,opeIty, - 6A3 as liked by the assessor,
n. FISH, was ridiculous.
VALUE OF the PROPERTY ESTIMATED At
&16,O 1000.
NJ webb said that Mr. Fague had made an
estimate Of the value OF the property, taking In
nttie more, however, east OF 9th street, aud his
Total estimate was SIC, 600, OOO
Inc purchase OF THIS property, with the view
1 providing sites for public buildings,
was proposed In bill offered at the last session
Of congress by Mr.. Milliken Of Maine. Mr. Ross
a. FISH, tne assessor OF the District offered q re-
PorI ano resolution favOr1ng the project in the
SCUM washington Citizens Association last spring
ana ~ subsequently came up before the Citizeng
SomMItee u one Hundred where no action has
peea Iaken on IL as yet. The members OF the COM
tVee representing the district In which the prop.
sIy nes denied Inc right OF the south Washington
Sssociauon 10 originate action that involved prop.
Guy nErests In another district. Mr.. Fish has
prepafsa statement showing that the assessed
vauS oI Inns property II s., 4S7 ,543 This state
Commissioner Ludlow
COL LUDLOW REQUESTED Mr.. FISH TO FURNISH TIE
FIGURES.
Col. Ludlow, when asked by q STAR reporter
about the matter, said that 1t had never come up
before the Commissioners as board. He had re.
Quested Mr.. Ffsn to furnish the figures as to the
assessed values OF the property, so they could
nave the facts before them. The only thing the
commissioners could do in the matter was, per.
maps 70 refer to It In their annual reDOrt